Re: (idm) 7/8 Hip Hop?

From Jon Logan
Sent Thu, Jul 9th 1998, 18:55


I could be wrong, but I thought I heard that T-Power's Waveform has a vocal
track which is non-standard time signature.  However, the vocals are more
ragga in style, and the tempo is faster than hip hop.




At 10:12 AM -0400 7/9/98, Christopher Fahey wrote:
>    Does anyone know of any hip hop done in alternative time signatures?
>MC's rapping to 5/4 time or anything?
>
>    I know some turntablists will sometimes scratch a beat in triplets and
>do some freestyle time sig changes, but I'm talking about full tracks using
>non 4/4 time signatures, especially something which has an MC as well.
>
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